It all began with the strawberry field.

After following my four-year-old and two-year-old up and down endless rows of strawberries, I finally had to put my 11-month-old down. He simply was too heavy!

What happened next was gigantic lightbulb of an idea!

My 11-month-old felt the strawberries through his chubby fingers and continued to squish them as he tasted in between. He studied the strawberries until he was pried away. (third child problems)

I knew, that once we returned home I could make it up to him with this Edible Baby Sensory Bin.

According to the book, LOOSE PARTS 2, (amazon affiliate links listed below), there are 4 types of object exploration:

Looking

Touching

Hearing

Grasping

TAKE A CLOSER LOOK WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THIS EDIBLE SENSORY BIN FOR BABIES!

You will learn so many important ways to interact with your children from these books. In fact, you can see we shared it in our playdough post here.

WHY are these four parts of Object Exploration Important?

All According to Loose Parts 2:

Looking:

"Vision, and how the brain uses visual information, is a learned skill, similar to walking and talking."

Touching:

"Since our skin is one of the most sensitive parts of our body and provides much information about the world and its messages, it makes sense that young children spend so much time exploring how touch feels to their bodies."